Chapter six! Ooh, how will Kagome and Kyoumi get out of this one? Or WILL they? Yeah, they will.

Chapter 6: Gunned Down

Kagome and Kyoumi were on the floor, trying to look invisible with the rest of the crowd. Everyone's breathing was scarce, and you could hear a pin drop. Kyoumi had no idea what a gun could do, but she knew it was bad since everyone was so scared.

A loud crash startled everyone, and a blur of red came into the building.

"InuYasha," whispered Kagome.

"Who are you?" asked the kid, holding out the gun with a steady hand.

"Your worst nightmare," answered InuYasha. He cracked his knuckles and pulled out his sword, transforming it into it's true form. People gasped and looked at the hanyou and human, wondering which to be more afraid of.

"InuYasha! You can't!" yelled out Kagome before she could stop herself.

InuYasha glimpsed back for one second and then a loud noise went through the hall. The kid had pulled the trigger on the gun. The bullet hit barely hit InuYasha in the arm, but it was enough for him to be seriously hurt.

What? What is that? Is that what a gun does? It barely hit me but it went right through my arm! thought InuYasha.

Kagome looked at InuYasha with worry written all over her face. She looked around and saw a door labeled Sports Supplies. Kagome's face lit up as she got an idea.

"Kyoumi, slowly go around to the boy's back. After I get rid of his weapon, you grab hold of him," said Kagome in a whisper. Kyoumi nodded and started to slowly crawl to the boy's backside while Kagome reached for the closet door.

InuYasha couldn't hurt the kid, but he had to do something. If he didn't, that boy was going to hurt innocent people, and maybe Kagome. He couldn't let that happen.

"SIT!"

InuYasha plunged to the floor and the boy turned to see Kagome holding a bow and arrow. She pulled the arrow back and let it go, and it headed straight for the boy. He didn't move at all, but the arrow didn't hit him.

It hit the gun.

The gun cracked much like the Shikon Jewel did, and it fell to the floor in thousands of pieces. Before the boy could move, Kyoumi came up behind him and grabbed his arms with her own and held him in place. A few of the students got up and went outside to inform the authorities that the boy who had the gun was captured.

InuYasha grabbed a kid on the floor and pulled him up by his collar. "Hold this boy until someone comes in to get him," InuYasha said, and the boy held the one who had the gun, and Kyoumi walked away from him.

Kagome ran up to InuYasha and asked, "Are you OK? How hurt are you? We should go home right now!"

InuYasha nodded and told Kagome to get on his back. He grabbed Kyoumi by her waist and jumped through the window that he came in from.

Eri, Ayumi and Yuka stood together and watched Kagome leave in awe.

"Do you think that's Kagome's violently jealous boyfriend?" Ayumi asked.

The three looked at each other and said in unison, "No way!"

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InuYasha dropped Kyoumi in front of the door and Kagome got off of InuYasha's back. They went inside quickly and Kagome told InuYasha to sit down.

"Kagome! You're OK!" exclaimed Kagome's mom as she hugged her daughter tightly and wiped the tears from her face.

"I am, but InuYasha's not. I have to get the First Aid kit, so, please, let go," Kagome said as she pushed herself away from her mother, trying not to hurt her feelings in the process.

"Of course! Sorry," said Kagome's mom as she sat down on the couch to check the news.

Kagome came back shortly with a first aid box. She told InuYasha to take his arm out of his sleeve so she could fix it easier.

Kagome pulled up a chair next to InuYasha and sprayed his wound with disinfectant and then heavily covered it in bandages.

As Kagome did that, her mother watched the TV, and Kyoumi listened to it, while trying to figure out what it was.

"There was a shooting today at one of the local schools, but luckily, no one was killed. According to students, only one was injured, but he left before officials could assist him. They have gotten a name for the boy who brought the gun, but will not tell us that information at the moment. He seemed to be a new person, since no one recognizes him. Now we will listen to an eyewitness report," said the news lady on TV.

Then a boy with scruffy looking hair around Kagome's age came on screen, looking excited. "There was this guy with a big sword and white hair that came through the window, and then it looked like he was gonna chop the kid's head off, but a girl yelled out a name and told him not to. Then he looked back and the kid shot his arm, but I think he was aiming for his heart. Then the same girl told the guy with the big sword to sit, and for some reason he fell to the ground, and the girl who told him to sit was holding a bow and arrow, and then she shot it at the gun and broke it. Then a girl with really, really long hair grabbed him and held him there. Then the guy with the big sword told a kid to hold onto the other kid, and he grabbed the two chicks and went out the window again. That guy was lucky. Those two chicks were hot," said the boy on TV, making the story much shorter than it was. Kagome's mother thought that he talked horribly and used too many 'and then's.

The news lady came back on the screen and said, "However bizarre this story is, it seems to be true. There are multiple accounts of the white haired man and two school girls stopping the boy. We have managed to get names of the girls. A girl named Kagome Higurashi and a girl named Kyoumi. No last name was available for Kyoumi. The school has given us a tape from the security cameras in the school. Let's watch."

Kagome's mom watched the clip in awe, but then turned the TV off and sighed.

"I guess I should be happy you're safe, but now I'm kind of upset. Do you know how many people are going to be coming here?" she said, holding her head in her hands.

Kagome looked startled. "But Mom, we didn't think about that! And wouldn't it be good advertising for the shrine?"

Kagome's mom chuckled. "I know it's not your fault. I was talking about the news. I'm glad that you guys are OK, and I'm very proud of you for getting rid of that gun. But I'm very angry at the school. If they can afford security cameras, why don't they have metal detectors? Or guards? Or something to protect the students!"

Not a few minutes later, cars pulled up and people poured out of them, trying to get to talk with Kagome.

"InuYasha! Get upstairs! In my room. We can't let anyone see you," she said, pulling him out of the chair roughly on his good arm. He got up and went up the stairs angry, wishing that he could be the center of attention.

Kagome had some of InuYasha's blood on her clothes, but she didn't care, she just wanted to get rid of the crowd.

"Mom, how do we get rid of them?" Kagome asked, looking desperate.

"You could go as fast as you could to the well, but you'd have to bring InuYasha too. He could probably carry you, like he did to get you here," Kagome's mom suggested.

Kagome ran up to her room and yelled for Kyoumi to come up there too.

When Kyoumi got into the room Kagome was wearing a yellow backpack and already climbing onto InuYasha's back, telling him to go as fast as he could into the well. He went over to Kyoumi and grabbed her by her waist so he could bring her along too.

"You know, this is really uncomfortable!" Kyoumi yelled as InuYasha jumped out of the window and right to the building with the well. He rushed inside and jumped down the well, ignoring Kyoumi's protests.